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Basic Qualification · B-007 Radio wave propagation · B-007-006-009

Quand la propagation sur la bande de 80 mètres est-elle généralement la MOINS efficace?

  1. AL'hiver pendant le jour
  2. BL'été pendant le jour
  3. CPendant les soirs d'hiver
  4. DPendant les soirs d'été

Correct answer: B — L'été pendant le jour. Question tirée de la banque officielle d'ISDE.

Why

During the day, the Sun's ultraviolet light creates a dense layer in the upper atmosphere that absorbs lower frequency signals like those on the 80-metre band. The full explanation — and one for every question — is in Pro.

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Radio wave propagation is section B-007 of the Basic exam: How signals travel: the ionosphere and its layers, skip, ground wave, sporadic E, and which bands work when.

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